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id est


Today I learned that "ie." is an abbreviation for the Latin phrase "id est" which means "that is".

I always knew that "i.e." meant that is, but I didn't know what the Latin phrase it was abbreviating was until today.

Published: Thu 25 March 2021
By Janis Lesinskis
In Misc
Tags: TIL latin english

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